Craig Thatcher Band: The Music of Eric Clapton at Musikfest Cafe

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Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

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Musikfest Café | Bethlehem, PA

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Craig Thatcher Band: The Music of Eric Clapton
with Special Guest AM Radio Tribute Band
Venue: Musikfest Café
Buy Tickets: https://secure.artsquest.org/Online/mapSelect.asp?doWork::WSmap::loadMap=Load&createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadMap::performance_ids=FB54449A-22A4-4A4A-9316-F8E15149EF7D
Doors and Dinner: 6:00 p.m. | Show: 7:30 p.m.
$10 minimum Food and Beverage for all reserved seating.
Tickets on sale: Friday, 10/10, 10 a.m.
Genre: Tribute to Eric Clapton; Rock, Blues
Artist Website: craigthatcher.com
The music, style, sounds and tones of EC through the years.
To those familiar with the guitar artistry of Craig Thatcher, it's no secret that he has been heavily influenced by Eric Clapton. Actually, this has been the case since Craig first heard Eric's playing on "John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton,"commonly referred to as the "Beano" album. A spark was ignited in Craig's own guitar playing after hearing the blues played in Eric's (at the time) inimitable and innovative style using a Gibson Les Paul and a cranked Marshall combo amp; arguably the first time this combination was used on a recording.
Fast forward to 2005 when Craig started paying tribute to his mentor with the presentation of the "Eric Clapton Retrospective." This combo is comprised of some of the top players in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, an area well-known to be a hotbed of many esteemed musicians. Craig's purpose is to present the music of Eric Clapton — dating back to the Yardbirds period and up to present-day; not note-for-note versions of this great material but capturing the style, sounds and tones as heard by EC through the years, in combination with the band's own unique flavoring.
AM Radio Tribute Band
Artist Website: amrtb.com
Don't miss this first act of the night! Come and experience the ultimate tribute band to the music of the 60s and 70s!
AM Radio Tribute Band plays all of those songs from the 60's and early 70's that you grew up listening to... even the ones you've forgotten.
AM Radio Tribute Band mimic's the music and vocals with an uncanny likeness to the original recordings as you'll ever hear - LIVE!
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